Shloka 36

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 26 — Duryodhana’s remnant formation and rapid engagements

Devanagari script

ततस्तु संवृतो भीमस्तावकान्‌ निशितै: शरैः । पीडयामास तान्‌ सर्वान्‌ सहस्राक्ष इवासुरान्‌

Transliteration

tatastu saṁvṛto bhīmastāvakān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | pīḍayāmāsa tān sarvān sahasrākṣa ivāsurān ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「ついでビーマは、包囲されながらも、鋭い矢をもって汝の軍勢すべてを苦しめ打ち砕いた――千眼者サハスラークシャ（インドラ）がアスラを圧するがごとく。」

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संवृतः: surrounded, enclosed
• संवृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवृत (सम्+वृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तावकान्: your men (Kauravas)
• तावकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित (नि+शि धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पीडयामास: tormented, afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु) / पीडयामास (परस्मैपद; लिट्-प्रयोगः ‘आम’ सहितः)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect / लिट्-आम), 3rd, Singular

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सहस्राक्षः: the thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• असुरान्: asuras, demons
• असुरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Kaurava troops (tāvakāḥ)
• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• Asuras
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya valor and resilience: being surrounded does not imply defeat; steadfast courage and skill can reverse adversity. Ethically, it reflects the epic’s battlefield dharma where warriors meet force with force within the rules of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaurava fighters close in and surround Bhīma. Despite being encircled, Bhīma counters immediately, striking all around with sharp arrows, compared to Indra’s overpowering of the Asuras.